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Related note: I like to watch movies and often go to wikipedia to check out the budget and earnings of a movie after catching it. As of now, http://en.wikipedi
by hboon 12y ago
Related note: I like to watch movies and often go to wikipedia to check out the budget and earnings of a movie after catching it.
As of now, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguins_of_Madagascar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguins_of_Madagascar says:
Budget:
$132 million
Box office:
$312.5 million
- greenyoda 12y agoNote, however, that the difference between box office gross revenue and production cost is not all profit. That revenue also needs to pay for the expenses of the movie theaters to show that movie.
- hboon 12y agoOperating cost I can see, presumably as part of licensing or rev split (not in the industry), but shouldn't production costs be part of budget?
- greenyoda 12y agoYes, I'm assuming that the budget is for production costs. So revenue - production_costs - theater_costs = profits.
- falcolas 12y agoMovie theaters get remarkably little income from box office sales. It's why they push concessions so hard, and why you typically only see minimum wagers staffing them. The studio is effectively renting the theater the movie, and the theater has to pay for that privilege by dedicating most of the ticket sales to go back to the studio. http://themovieblog.com/2007/economics-of-the-movie-theater-where-the-money-goes-and-why-it-costs-us-so-much/ http://themovieblog.com/2007/economics-of-the-movie-theater-...
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